A batch of OATH/ECB hearing records shows at least 22 Department of Buildings tickets scheduled for an October 23, 2026 hearing date, with the majority already marked 'DEFAULTED' under hearing status 'RESCHEDULED,' according to the OATH/ECB Hearings (Case Status) dataset.
The largest cluster hits one address: 981 57th Street in Brooklyn, where six separate tickets against respondent Zhuang Ming Feng default at the same October 23 hearing, per OATH records. Five of the six cite illegal occupancy with three or more additional dwelling units beyond what the certificate of occupancy allows — inspectors on April 21, 2025 and March 21, 2025 described multiple rooms converted to single-room-occupancy units with key-locking devices and shared amenities. A sixth ticket at the same address cites occupancy contrary to the certificate of occupancy for an illegally subdivided first and second floor. Penalties imposed across the six tickets total $67,500, with $68,750 in combined balance due as of the hearing date, per OATH records.
At 40-02 Broadway in Astoria, Queens, a ticket against Condor Realty LLC c/o Transworld defaulted on a $25,000 penalty for failure to maintain the building wall — OATH records describe a decorative column below a coping cornice stone with a shifted, bulging second stacked stone, missing mortar and vertical cracks, observed at the top window level. The violation dates to a July 17, 2025 inspection.
At 1145 Lenox Road in Brooklyn, LS General Corp defaulted on a $12,500 penalty tied to an inspection that found two workers on a suspended scaffold; DOB records cited in the ticket state the permit holder was not authorized for that type of work due to an unregistered general contractor tracking number, per the June 27, 2025 violation.
Several boiler-inspection-reporting tickets also default on the same calendar, including two against Jacob Marion LLC at 82 Marion Street in Brooklyn and one against the Trustees of Columbia University at 362 Riverside Drive in Manhattan — all citing failure to file required annual low-pressure boiler inspection reports under 1 RCNY 103-01(d)(1), per OATH records. The Columbia University ticket shows the $3,125 penalty already paid, with compliance listed as the remaining item due.
Other defaults on the calendar include a facade-disrepair case against Seeram Khristopher at 4255 Barnes Avenue in the Bronx, where inspectors found bricks missing, damaged, and free-standing 'in danger of further collapse,' per the February 13, 2025 violation record, and an illegal-occupancy ticket at 50 Decker Avenue on Staten Island involving two converted one-story structures at the rear of the property.
Separately, DOB's complaint-intake system logged roughly 100 new complaints citywide over the past two days, spanning elevator, plumbing, boiler and special-operations categories across all five boroughs, according to DOB Complaints Received data. Complaints are unverified reports pending inspection and are not confirmation that a violation exists.